Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201053691 - Burn - Electrical Fault in Electric Cable

Accident Summary Nr: 201053691 -- Report ID: 0950642 -- Event Date: 02/12/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126076983	02/17/2000	9999	0	Blastco Services Co.

Abstract: A demolition worker with about 1 year of experience with his employer was pulling and disposing of electric cables. He apparently decided to enter a locked substation and, using a saw, cut into the only energized conductor in the yard, a 480-volt cable from the step-down transformer. (The cable fed a fire water pump.) This caused an electrical fault. The ensuing electric arc burned the employee. He was hospitalized with second- and third-degree burns to his face and both hands.

Keywords: BURN, ELECTRIC ARC, DEMOLITION, E GI IV, ELECTRICAL, ELECTRIC CABLE, LOCKOUT, SAW, ELECTRICAL FAULT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126076983			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Construction laborers

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